page_title: Power station
hierarchical_section_title: Power station
caption_attribution_description: English: Taichung Power Plant, Longjing District, Taichung City, Taiwan 中文: 中华民国台中市龙井区台中发电厂
context_page_description: A power station is a place where electricity is produced. Most do this by a big spinning electrical generator. In big powers stations the spinning is usually driven by a steam turbine. The steam may come from:
  Burning fossil fuels
  Nuclear power, using radioactive sources
  Using the earth's heat, called geothermal energy
  Using the sun's heat
  Some do not use steam engines to spin the generator. Rather they use:
  Hydropower, which uses the power of moving water to drive turbines
  Using the wind to drive wind turbines
  Internal combustion engine power
  A few power stations use the sun's rays to generate solar power without motion. There are many power stations around the world, because many things need electricity to work.
  Stations may be operated as Load following power plant, peaking power plant, or base load power plant.
context_section_description: A power station (or power plant) is a place where electricity is produced. Most do this by  a big spinning electrical generator. In big powers stations the spinning is usually driven by a steam turbine. The steam may come from:
  Burning fossil fuels
  Nuclear power, using radioactive sources
  Using the earth's heat, called geothermal energy
  Using the sun's heat
  Some do not use steam engines to spin the generator. Rather they use: 
  Hydropower, which uses the power of moving water to drive turbines
  Using the wind to drive wind turbines
  Internal combustion engine power
  A few power stations use the sun's rays to generate solar power without motion.  There are many power stations around the world, because many things need electricity to work.
  Stations may be operated as Load following power plant, peaking power plant, or base load power plant.
caption: Power station in Taiwan
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